Any way to downgrade windows 8.1 to windows 8? SLOW!!!!

iseeu1001

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My laptop is becoming slow due to windows 8.1 which I just upgraded to like 2 hours ago. It has never been this slow when I had windows 8 but when I upgraded to 8.1 my laptop became slow all of a sudden :shock: Microsoft I hate you for making my computer slow :rolleyes:, so anyway to uninstall 8.1 or downgrade to 8 without a using a windows 8 disk as I don't want to reformat my pc.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    CPU
    AMD A10 4600m trinity series
Can you be more specific? Windows 8.1 is no slower than Windows 8, thus you are likely encountering a problem of some sort. What in particular is slow?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
Can you be more specific? Windows 8.1 is no slower than Windows 8, thus you are likely encountering a problem of some sort. What in particular is slow?
Start up takes a little longer. Opening internet takes a little longer. The windows 8 search takes longer to respond. It just plain lags for me now. Sometimes it will lag for no reason when browsing like the internet will freeze and I can't click on anything. Generally windows 8.1 is slower for me since the update from 8 to 8.1.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    CPU
    AMD A10 4600m trinity series
Start up takes a little longer. Opening internet takes a little longer. The windows 8 search takes longer to respond. It just plain lags for me now. Sometimes it will lag for no reason when browsing like the internet will freeze and I can't click on anything. Generally windows 8.1 is slower for me since the update from 8 to 8.1.

I upgraded a few days ago and I am having the same issues and don't really want to do a full reset but I am not liking the tweaks/updates that they have done. I already had Stardocks Start8 running great on Windows 8 and only upgraded to get Microsoft new Start button but that's as good as a chocolate teapot :(

Well if there is no easy way I will have to do a full restore....
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C855
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    McAfee
Clean install would have been the best way to go. I've never seen an upgrade that didn't have some sort of issue.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 7 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware M18xR2
    CPU
    i7 3820qm
    Motherboard
    Alienware / Dell
    Memory
    16gb Corsair ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Dual GTX 675m
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 120gb SSD
    1tb storage drive
    Internet Speed
    Not nearly fast enough
Start up takes a little longer. Opening internet takes a little longer. The windows 8 search takes longer to respond. It just plain lags for me now. Sometimes it will lag for no reason when browsing like the internet will freeze and I can't click on anything. Generally windows 8.1 is slower for me since the update from 8 to 8.1.

Since you only upgraded a few hours ago, you have to understand that there are processes that have to complete before your system will run at full speed. Particularly around search, it must re-index all your files and that takes some time.

Give it a couple of days before you make any judgements. Also, did you make sure to apply the final update patches?

I've also heard that for some people, their search index locations got reset and they had to add their local folders back into the indexed locations.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
Been about 2 1/2 weeks now or however long it's been now since the release of 8.1 and my Aspire M is just bogged down, just like Iseeu101 stated. Overall down grade to performance. 8.0 was quick, responsive & dependable..not anymore! Seen it at my technical college, several users having almost exact issues..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    IOS Windows
First I've heard of Windows 8.1 being slower than Windows 8.

Isn't Windows 8.1 a mandatory up as advised by Microsoft and you risk not getting the latest security and updates for apps if one chooses to stay on Windows 8 unlike SP1 for Windows 7.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-2670QM
    Memory
    Samsung 8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GT 555M
    Hard Drives
    Intel 525 120GB | HGST Travelstar 1TB
    Mouse
    CM Storm Xornet | Microsoft Sculpt Comfort
    Internet Speed
    25 Mbps | 600 Kbps
    Other Info
    Seagate Backup Plus 1TB
I can report the same issues as others here. The whole PC is slow. Boot up/Shut down are marginally slower than before so not too fussed about that. It's the general malaise around getting anything running that bugs me. Clicking ANY icon does not result in a quick program startup...rather an interminable plod. It's not as if my PC is underpowered for the task...i have a Core i5 overclocked to 4.3ghz with 8gb of fast ram on an Asus high end mobo. I have mechanical HDD's admittedly but they are on the 6gb/s port.

I have a triple boot with Vista/7/8.1 running. I have very few programs installed/running on either Vista/8.1 but Vista is not sluggish like 8.1 is and my Vista install is only 32bit and 8.1 is 64bit!

I may just reinstall as i will be fitting a new 3tb drive anyway.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Build
    CPU
    E8400 OC'd
    Motherboard
    P5e with Asus Rampage Formula BIOS
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 PC6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX750Ti
    Sound Card
    Creative X-Fi Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq 24" LED
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial CT240M500SSD1
    500GB Samsung + 1TB WDC Black
    PSU
    Hyper Type R
    Case
    Antec P182 Special Edition
    Cooling
    Asus Silent Knight
    Internet Speed
    76mb/s
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky IS
First I've heard of Windows 8.1 being slower than Windows 8.

Isn't Windows 8.1 a mandatory up as advised by Microsoft and you risk not getting the latest security and updates for apps if one chooses to stay on Windows 8 unlike SP1 for Windows 7.

I don't consider it mandatory, I have my own security, I don't need Microsofts, so I never download any security updates, In fact I only download updates for Office or any "Reliability" updates, which get rolled back if I see any decrease. That's only happened once though.

This is the life history of Windows through XP actually, yo install it, it's FAST. Then you start getting these updates, which I religiously used to get all of every Tuesday. Within a month after installing XP the system was unworkable, so it was a fresh install, and then, NO updates, I waited over 6 months, and then I carefully chose which ones after reading what they were. My XP system stayed fast for ages.

I applied the same to 7, Vista actually needed SP1, and with SP1, it works pretty well.

See, 8.1, for being a full OS update, is acting more like a Service Pack. I've seem other "slowness" complains on other boards as well as here. I don't know what could be causing it, maybe old hardware, but some of the complaints were one new computers that came with 8.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
I don't think you can do an in-place downgrade to 8.0.

Clean install should be doable. Or instead of doing a downgrade, you could upgrade to something better, win7 for example. That will need a clean install, too.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
I agree with those who claim Windows 8.1 is slow. In my case, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome took up to a full minute to open. I know of no way to go back from 8.1 to 8 unless you have backed up your entire Windows 8 system with some disk-cloning software. This is a very serious bug. Microsoft needs to issue an update or service pack that addresses it ASAP.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
arre you guys using laptops? since if you are i bet what your experiencing at lest if you have a hdd+ssd combo is that when you upgraded it messes up the caching going on and you need to re-enable it. that being said i found 8.1 just as fast but even with fixes it was not compatible with lots of my software for work (not to mention i had to the flash my second gt750m to make it work) so i had to ditch it and am fine with 8, also i hate how it says "this pc" i liked it when it said computer but that's personal preference though of course.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WIN 7 PRO x64, WIN 8.1 PRO x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7 4790K
    Motherboard
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme
    Memory
    32GB(4x8GB) DDR3 Team Xtreem 2666 @ 2400 CL10 10-12-12-31
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x MSI GTX 780 Twin Frozr OC 3GB
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar Essence STX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS PB278Q, HP 2311xi, UN46F7100AFXZA
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440p, 2x1080p
    Hard Drives
    256GB 840 PRO SSD
    10TB RAID 0 Array (Movies, Steam)
    6TB RAID 1 Array (Backups, Documents)
    3TB EXT Drive (Secure Backups)
    PSU
    Corsair AX760
    Case
    NZXT White Switch 810
    Cooling
    Block: XSPC Raystorm, RES/Pump: XSPC Bay res W/D5 Vario, RAD: XSPC RX360, 6xNF-F12's
    Keyboard
    Rosewill RK-9000 with MX Blue switches Logitech G15 Rev 2 (gutted for LCD)
    Mouse
    Logitech G400
    Browser
    Chrome
    Other Info
    I also own a Lenovo Y510p, and Yoga 2 Pro
Yup, I agree, 8.1 sucks even worse than 8. I wanna downgrade too.
Gotta find an easy way...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8.1 Pro, Desktop Mode
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Me
    CPU
    AMD FX-8150
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H
    Memory
    8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 (9-9-9-28)
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 6570
    Sound Card
    Creative X-Fi Titanium
    Monitor(s) Displays
    PX2710MW
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080@60Hz
    Hard Drives
    1x1TB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B1 ATA Device Caviar Black -

    4 x 2TB Seagate ST32000542A -
    1 x 4TB Seagate External
    Case
    Antec
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D14
    Keyboard
    Logitech Illuminated Keyboard K740
    Internet Speed
    60meg cable
    Browser
    Cyberfox
    Antivirus
    AVG Security Suite
I agree with those who claim Windows 8.1 is slow. In my case, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome took up to a full minute to open. I know of no way to go back from 8.1 to 8 unless you have backed up your entire Windows 8 system with some disk-cloning software. This is a very serious bug. Microsoft needs to issue an update or service pack that addresses it ASAP.

I don't have Word, but I do have Excel > testing the load of Excel, Google Chrome, and IE 11...
Slow :doh:

[video=youtube_share;3es2uVbW4kM]http://youtu.be/3es2uVbW4kM[/video]
 

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System One

  • OS
    Server 2012 / 8.0
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel i7 QuadCore 3770k
    Motherboard
    Asrock Extreme 4
    Memory
    16GB Crucial Ballistix
    Graphics Card(s)
    intel embedded gpu
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster Z
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AOC / Westinghouse
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Plextor pcie msata
    PSU
    Rosewill Silent Night 500W Fanless / PicoPSU
    Case
    open bench - no case enclosure
    Cooling
    Silverstone HEO2 Passive Silent
    Keyboard
    logitech washable K310
    Mouse
    logitech wired
    Browser
    ie / maxthon
    Other Info
    Totally silent. No fans at all.
That's on your PC, you got an i7 with 16 gig of ram, and an Intel SSD drive! Of COURSE it is gonna blaze open!

I'm running 2 AMD dual core, a 4200+ and a 4400+, and only 3 GB and 2 GB of ram respectively.

The 4200+ is actually very fast, the extra gig seems to have brought up above the "slow" limit.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
arre you guys using laptops? since if you are i bet what your experiencing at lest if you have a hdd+ssd combo is that when you upgraded it messes up the caching going on and you need to re-enable it.

Thanks, this is very important. I am not using a laptop but my primary drive is indeed an SSD. How do you re-enable the caching? Thanks again.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
I did my upgrade to Windows 8.1 on my 4gb Athlon X2 (socket 939) machine. I couldn't upgrade to 8.1 on 64bit so did an install of 32 bit and got myself the upgrade. There hasn't been any performance dip, but as many of you had said the boot up time was over 2-3 minutes. From my research found that the culprit was having the "Fast Boot" option enabled. I got it disabled through steps posted in this link http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6320-fast-startup-turn-off-windows-8-a.html and my desktop is humming like a ferrari. I use Mozilla as my browser so it has been working faster than in Windows 8. Anyway, back then I was using 64 bit and Mozilla was 32 bit so on a WoW model probably it was slower. You can try the steps in the link and it should mostly resolve your problems.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2
    Motherboard
    MSI 7050 (Socket 939)
    Memory
    4gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    IGP
    Browser
    Mozilla
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
agree with the post from people who have upgraded to 8.1...my PC came with 8.0 installed and all good (apart from the obvious problems lol) but 8.1 is slower, stickier, IE is unstable...just want to go back to 8.0
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony
If your primary drive is a Solid State Drive, optimize it using the drive manufacturer's software. Your programs will launch faster. If you have an SSD+HDD RAID array, see Post #13 above. Hope this helps.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
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